Tag: Angul

Bhubaneswar: Following the deadly bus accident in Angul in which 19 persons were killed and 30 others were critically injured after a bus fell off a bridge, the State government has woken up to decide that speed governors will be installed in all passenger buses. In a meeting between the bus owners association and the […]

The Angul District Police today nabbed the driver of the ‘Maharaja’ bus, Birendra Behera, after a chase on the Athamallick-Sambalpur route

Angul: In a tragic incident, bodies of three minor brothers were recovered from a well while their mother was rescued by the locals at Gurujanga village under Kishore Nagar police limits in the district on Saturday. After being rescued, the mother, identified as Sobhagini Behera, is absconding. Shobhagini jumped into the well near the house […]

Bolangir: The vigilance sleuths on Friday arrested the executive engineer of Rural development department on his way to Angul with hefty sums allegedly acquired illegally. RD engineer Debendra Patnaik was going to his house in Angul in a scorpio vehicle with Rs 4.58 lakh cash. The anti graft sleuths seized the money after the accused […]

Angul: In a tragic incident, a couple in Kathapala village under Chhendipada village committed suicide by consuming poison over a family dispute on Friday night. The deceased have been identified as Bibhuti Behera and his wife Hemalata. While Bibhuti died at the Chendipada hospital, his wife Hemalata died at Angul District Headquarters Hospital, sources said.

Angul: At least six out of the 16 Congress activists arrested in Angul during the 12-hour bandh called by the party on August 16 over the Mahanadi issue were taken ill due to their hunger strike and were admitted to hospital today. Of the six Congress activists, four, including district unit president Pratap Pradhan, were […]

Angul: Eggs were hurled at police personnel by Congress activists during a gherao of the office of the superintendent of police (SP) here today in protest against the arrest of 16 party activists, including Angul district unit president Pratap Chandra Pradhan, during the 12-hour bandh on Tuesday. The eggs hurled by the irate Congress workers […]

Condemning the visit of a five-member team of the Angul Municipality to the temporary dumping yard at Talmulsasan village under Banarpal, the district administration said the officials of the civic body went for site inspection without informing the administration

Angul: In daring robbery, three unidentified goons looted Rs 12.60 lakh in cash from two employees of a petrol pump at Chendipada area here on Monday. According to sources, the incident took place when Basant Kumar Majhi and Rajendra Kumar Agarwal, two employees of a petrol pump located at Gopinathpur, were going to State Bank […]

Angul: Vigilance sleuths on Tuesday conducted simultaneous raids at five places, including the house, of Duburi left canal assistant engineer KK Tripathy, on charges of amassing properties disproportionate to his known sources of income. According to sources, the anti-corruption wing of the Odisha Police is conducting raids at the residence of Tripathy located in the […]

Security personnel seized several Maoist articles during a joint combing operation in Udul area under Handapa police station limits on the bordering area of Angul and Sambalpur districts on Tuesday evening

Angul: Police today took Jhasaketan Sahu, prime accused in the murder of four persons of Kushakila and Kukurpeta villages, on a three-day remand for interrogation.

Angul: An under trial prisoner (UTP) facing rape and murder charges died here today at hospital after prolonged illness. Accused Srabana Kumar of Madhupur village under Bantala police station had been lodged in Angul jail on charges of raping and killing a minor girl at his own village. His health condition was not well for […]

Angul: In a startling revelation, Kushakila double murder accused Jhasaketan Rout admitted during interrogation that he had murdered two more persons in a similar manner one year ago and buried them a few meters away from the place where he had buried the bodies of Jogeswar and Hiranakhya. “During interrogation, Jhasaketan today confessed to have […]

Students of different schools in Khurda, Angul, Subarnapur and Cuttack districts of Odisha fell ill after taking deworming tablets on the occasion of National Deworming Day on Wednesday